If we can't understand the Afghan family, we can't understand Afghanistan.

Even in a war, someone has to take care of daily life. Someone has to feed and clothe the children.

I think when you start to get afraid, it's time to leave.

As a war correspondent, you have to weigh the risk you run against the story you can get.

The judgment means a lot. As a journalist being accused of invading someone's privacy, there is always a risk that it will stick to your name.

There is nothing I would change - to change it I would have had to write a totally different book.

If you've lived in a dictatorship for thirty years, you're used to people lying to you.